After Institutions: Wealth, Work And Careers in the Knowledge Economy - Hardcover

Maxmin, James; Zuboff, Shoshana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670887366 ISBN 13: 9780670887361

Publisher: Viking, 2000

Synopsis

The authors chart the chasm between culture and corporations, positing that workers have changed more rapidly that the companies they rely upon for survival. 35,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

'The Support Economy is a dazzling display of intellect with heart - brilliant, important, and sound. Read it or be left behind in the dust’ -- Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, co-author of Primal Leadership

Selected as one of the Best Business Books of 2003 -- Strategy + Business

‘The Support Economy is a masterpiece ... This is a must-read for those wanting to be key builders of business in the 21st century’ -- George M.C. Fisher, retired chairman and CEO of Eastman Kodak Company and former chairman of Motorola, chairman of the National Academy of Engineering

‘The Support Economy is a superbly written tour de force ... a profound book that will affect the future of business practice’ -- Thomas K. McCraw, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Straus Professor of Business History, Harvard Business School

About the Author:

Shoshana Zuboff, Ph.D., is the critically acclaimed author of the classic work In the Age of the Smart Machine. Called "the prophet of the information age," she is a chaired professor at the Harvard Business School. She has been featured in The New York Times, Fast Company, Business Week, and many other publications.

James Maxmin, Ph.D., has been the CEO of Volvo, Thorn EMI, and Laura Ashley. He founded the investment company Global Brand Development and is currently advisory director to Mast Global. He has been featured in The Financial Times, Business Week, and many other publications.

Zuboff and Maxmin are married and live with their two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0670887366
• ISBN 13: 9780670887361
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480